After all our investigation and tests we spent the rest of the Monday’s lesson making an action plan for how we were going to execute the brief. The main themes were MATERIALITY, MANIPULATION, TRANSFORMATION.
our most successful test in my opinion was the rabbit jump as a group we chose to build a story around it. As we progress with the Story we kind of wanted to play with the idea of you all the second test we did was the rabbit eating grass so having a rabbit eat a flower decompose and a flower grow out of it seem like a very good logical step for Breed transformation metamorphosis on major . yes, at the same time we didn’t get rid of the rabbit jump or the option sequence of having a rabbit be dead.
Transformation
After some conversation, we ended up scrapping the arrow as an issue of time as well as not really adding a significant amount to the story or really answering the brief well. Due to this we are not using the jump sequence that we had previously tested. what’s you fixated on having a simple linear night rather than having a smaller straightforward narrative? Instead of being more abstract the rabbit dies and he comes a flower?
Materiality
Our puppet is made out of cotton and cardboard with paper and tape as a result or rabbit feels very soft in C-Ways. This expected features of the free animal prefer is very textured and has a lot to have an interesting composition fixing the lighting help to show the different contours shapes the cotton created. Using it as a transition material for when the flower grows was very fun to do as we pulled away the cotton, I need to see it inside the cardboard and paper gave this reaction kind of like blood.
Transformation
Consider how the puppet or prop shifts from one state to another. Does it slowly break apart and reform, or is the transformation sudden and violent?
Is there catalyst that sparks this transformation (a prop, a sound, …?)
Does the setting that you have chosen, inform the process of transformation, do opportunities for storytelling open up?-
Is there a difference between transformation and metamorphosis
Experimental Approaches
The transformation doesn’t have to make logical sense. It may be process-led, leading to new and unexpected opportunities as you work further into your sequence.
Are there pre-existing myths or stories that could be re-imagined or subverted?
How might you subvert the expectations of your audience?